2020 will go down in my books as one of the worst years of my life. The pandemic affected me in indirect ways, and the people around me crumbled. It affected relationships across the board and turned my life upside down. Most of the adversity I faced was secondhand, complications of how each person’s life played out, and I received the aftermath of those effects. Some made personal choices, some were stuck in their ways, and some were filled with misplaced hate. It’s been a heart-wrenching year, to say the least.

I don’t know where to go from here in my personal life. I don’t think I have much left at this point. No matter how long or short my life is at this point, it is still a life. The best that I can do is hope for a better one, work my way towards it, and lose myself in the tides of time and rabbit holes of creativity. I know my mind is my worst enemy, but in a time like this, it’s my only friend…